Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 435 455
Rank change year-on-year -22 +20 +165
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 87 72 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.57% 1.90% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 43 59
10th Percentile £406 £250 £190
25th Percentile £494 £381 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +18.92% +2.78%
75th Percentile £543 £575 £539
90th Percentile £580 £675 £605
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 13
10th Percentile £22.63 - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £31.00 - £30.00
90th Percentile £49.13 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +52.00% +13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,382 3,792 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 12.51% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 2,204 3,383
10th Percentile £206 £223 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £611
90th Percentile £677 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 129 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.35 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £23.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 8 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +12 42 £500 +17.65% 10
London -25 16 £525 -4.55% 1
East of England - 15 £275 - 1
North of England -45 6 £413 +1.16% 1
West Midlands -23 5 £550 -2.22%
Midlands -29 5 £550 -2.22%
North West - 4 - - 1
South West -16 2 £350 -36.36% 4
Yorkshire -50 1 £413 +1.16%
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.15%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (10.34%) Azure
3 4 (4.60%) AWS
4 2 (2.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.30%) GCP
4 2 (2.30%) OCI
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.15%) IaaS
5 1 (1.15%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.15%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.15%) PaaS
5 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (55.17%) Firewall
2 30 (34.48%) Junos
3 26 (29.89%) Cisco Firepower
4 24 (27.59%) Cisco ISE
5 23 (26.44%) LAN
6 22 (25.29%) WAN
7 19 (21.84%) NX-OS
8 18 (20.69%) BGP
9 12 (13.79%) SD-WAN
10 11 (12.64%) DHCP
10 11 (12.64%) DNS
11 10 (11.49%) Network Security
11 10 (11.49%) OSPF
11 10 (11.49%) VPN
12 9 (10.34%) IOS XR
12 9 (10.34%) MPLS
12 9 (10.34%) Wireless
12 9 (10.34%) WLAN
13 8 (9.20%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Git
2 3 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (20.69%) Games
2 15 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.20%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.05%) Finance
5 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.30%) Military
8 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Publishing
9 1 (1.15%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 50 (57.47%) Network Engineer
2 25 (28.74%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) Support Engineer
4 19 (21.84%) Network Support
5 18 (20.69%) Network Support Engineer
5 18 (20.69%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (10.34%) Senior
8 8 (9.20%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (8.05%) Analyst
10 4 (4.60%) IT Support
10 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Support Analyst
11 3 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 3 (3.45%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) Jinja
2 3 (3.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.15%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.15%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.75%) PKI
3 4 (4.60%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) BYOD
6 1 (1.15%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.15%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.15%) FMCG
6 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 42 (48.28%) Windows
2 23 (26.44%) Android
3 19 (21.84%) Windows Server
4 18 (20.69%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.45%) Linux
6 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.15%) VMS
6 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) ITSM
2 18 (20.69%) E-Commerce
2 18 (20.69%) Service Management
3 11 (12.64%) Change Management
4 9 (10.34%) Project Management
5 8 (9.20%) Computer Science
5 8 (9.20%) Load Balancing
5 8 (9.20%) Network Design
5 8 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (6.90%) Agile
6 6 (6.90%) DevOps
6 6 (6.90%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (6.90%) Process Improvement
6 6 (6.90%) Task Automation
7 3 (3.45%) Defect Management
7 3 (3.45%) Network Architecture
7 3 (3.45%) Performance Management
7 3 (3.45%) Problem Management
7 3 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.84%) PowerShell
2 15 (17.24%) Python
3 3 (3.45%) Bash
3 3 (3.45%) Perl
4 2 (2.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (39.08%) Security Cleared
2 28 (32.18%) DV Cleared
3 23 (26.44%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (18.39%) CCNP
5 14 (16.09%) CCNA
6 10 (11.49%) Degree
7 8 (9.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.75%) CCIE
8 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
9 4 (4.60%) JNCIS
10 3 (3.45%) CCDP
11 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.15%) CCSA
11 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.15%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 37 (42.53%) Active Directory
2 23 (26.44%) VMware NSX
3 6 (6.90%) Firmware
4 3 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (25.29%) vCenter Server
2 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (21.84%) SCCM
3 9 (10.34%) Ansible
4 5 (5.75%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.30%) Terraform
6 1 (1.15%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 87 (100.00%) Cisco
2 32 (36.78%) Meraki
3 30 (34.48%) Juniper
4 29 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 26 (29.89%) SolarWinds
6 18 (20.69%) Splunk
7 11 (12.64%) F5
8 9 (10.34%) Palo Alto
9 5 (5.75%) Broadcom
9 5 (5.75%) VMware
10 4 (4.60%) Arista
10 4 (4.60%) Peregrine
10 4 (4.60%) Remedy
10 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
11 3 (3.45%) Citrix
12 2 (2.30%) Ciena
12 2 (2.30%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.30%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.15%) Apple
13 1 (1.15%) Fujitsu